mrḥt

Egyptian

Etymology

m- (noun-forming prefix) +‎ wrḥ (“to anoint”) +‎ -t (feminine suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /mVˈɾiħjat/ → /mVˈɾiħjaʔ/ → /məˈɾeħʔə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /mVˈɾiħjat/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /mVˈɾiħjaʔ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈɾeħʔə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛrhɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: merhet

Noun

 f

1. oil, fat

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mrḥt  

mrḥt

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 167, 218.